induced

American  

[in-doost, -dyoost] / ɪnˈdust, -ˈdyust /

adjective

1. brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination).

   Medical intervention in childbirth has become the norm, with hospitals relying on epidurals, C-sections, and induced labor.

   The field expedition to the Greenland Sea will study climate-induced changes in the marine food web.

2. Physics. (of an electric current) produced by induction.

   As a coil on a pendulum passes between the poles of an electromagnet, the induced current causes the small bulb to light up.

3. Genetics. (of a gene) having increased expression as a result of the inactivation of a negative control system or the activation of a positive control system (often used in combination).

   The induced genes in the transgenic variety were of unknown function.

   Our focus is on the serum-induced genes cloned from fibroblasts.

4. Biochemistry. noting or relating to a protein, especially an enzyme, whose synthesis has been stimulated by increased gene transcription (often used in combination).

   These induced proteins are unlikely to affect cellular DNA repair directly.

   We can now speculate that the heat-induced proteins play an important role in gastric cell protection.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of induce.

Other Word Forms

• noninduced adjective
• quasi-induced adjective
• uninduced adjective

Etymology

Origin of induced

induce ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

After a series of experiments in mice, the team found that diet induced thermogenesis produced almost the same weight loss as constant exposure to five degrees Celsius around the clock.

From Science Daily

Then they induced a skin condition similar to eczema on the backs of all the animals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leqaa Kordia, 33, said in a statement through her lawyers last week that the facility’s “filthy” conditions made her ill and that the fall induced a seizure.

From Salon

After five days in an induced coma, Dean pulled through and has since recovered, but she says the experience has still left her with physical side effects.

From BBC

The method uses aggregation induced emission materials, which glow more intensely when clustered together.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• caused